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ShazzieB

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40. I almost feel guilty admitting this...

Thu Mar 31, 2022, 11:40 AM

Mar 2022

Last edited Fri Apr 1, 2022, 02:39 AM - Edit history (1)

I had open heart surgery (aortic valve replacement) four years ago. Between my husband's work insurance and Medicare, it cost me...

Zero, zip, nada. Not one thin dime. I was and am astounded.

I don't really feel guilty about my good fortune. I just feel lousy that it can't be that way for everybody. It isn't right that I got such an amazing break while so many other people have to do without health care that they need as much or more than I needed that surgery. That's massively fucked up.

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Katie Porter (D-CA), equipped with dollar bills, goes off on insurance companies... [View all] tenderfoot Mar 2022 OP

she's our champion Achilleaze Mar 2022 #1

Really amazing yet so simple questionseverything Mar 2022 #5

We love her here in OC. Being a liberal here, let alone a left turn progressive, is frustrating Magoo48 Mar 2022 #31

Damn Katie! leftieNanner Mar 2022 #2

Love her! whathehell Mar 2022 #3

You can just see Dr. Collins in the cutaways drooping visibly gratuitous Mar 2022 #4

Who is Collins? trof Mar 2022 #18

She the luckless woman with the round glasses Rep. Porter is destroying in the clip gratuitous Mar 2022 #19

Well, I saw THAT. But WHO is she? trof Mar 2022 #20

Commonwealth Fund trof Mar 2022 #23

Wow... verbatim. Ellipsis Mar 2022 #25

Sarah R. Collins, PhD... Ellipsis Mar 2022 #24

Sara R. Collins, PhD, Vice President of Health Coverage and Access, The Commonwealth Fund Celerity Mar 2022 #21

KnR Hekate Mar 2022 #6

She explains it so well. KT2000 Mar 2022 #7

Was Katie Porter a teacher? Because her use of visual aids is amazing! AZLD4Candidate Mar 2022 #8

She has taught, yes caraher Mar 2022 #13

Well she has children TNNurse Mar 2022 #14

We deserve the healthcare system we have. aocommunalpunch Mar 2022 #9

I call people like her "Wonderfully, Heroicly Obnoxious" Stinky The Clown Mar 2022 #10

My New Congresswoman!!!! JMK1 Mar 2022 #11

Who is the Dr. Collins she was speaking AT? Stinky The Clown Mar 2022 #12

Sara R. Collins, PhD, Vice President of Health Coverage and Access, The Commonwealth Fund Celerity Mar 2022 #22

A quick glance at Commonwealth Fund's website makes me think they're on our side Stinky The Clown Mar 2022 #30

The Commonwealth Fund does not explicitly call for socialized healthcare, Medicare for all, or Celerity Mar 2022 #32

Thanks. Let me get more specific . . . . . Stinky The Clown Mar 2022 #34

yes Celerity Mar 2022 #35

Thanks again. I feel better now!!!! Stinky The Clown Mar 2022 #37

yw! cheers Celerity Mar 2022 #38

This message was self-deleted by its author Celerity Mar 2022 #36

Not to mention gratuitous Mar 2022 #15

This won't even be reported. onecaliberal Mar 2022 #16

That's nice and all. But when is Congress going to actually do something to give people an option? Hoyt Mar 2022 #17

I would like to see someone taking the homeowner MerryBlooms Mar 2022 #26

LOL, the whiteboard is passe when you use greenbacks for props, Baby! Brother Buzz Mar 2022 #27

I recently had a major surgery Horse with no Name Mar 2022 #28

I almost feel guilty admitting this... ShazzieB Mar 2022 #40

Same deal with V.A. medical MiHale Mar 2022 #47

Righteous! Truth & real life presentations work! appalachiablue Mar 2022 #29

Insurance is a racket that has built the world since the founding of Lloyd's of London bucolic_frolic Mar 2022 #33

It's been Bernie's message for years on The Thom Hartmann Show. Pepsidog Mar 2022 #39

She is awesome -- imagine if she was in charge of the Consumer Protection Bureau or HHS JT45242 Mar 2022 #41

Wish she was still on the Financial Services Committee leftstreet Mar 2022 #42

The people's HERO! BlueJac Mar 2022 #43

I would so love to see her as president someday. Mr. Evil Mar 2022 #44

She would make an EXCELLENT President! LittleGirl Mar 2022 #46

We got a black president in our lifetime. Mr. Evil Mar 2022 #51

Yes, she is that awesome! :-) nt LittleGirl Mar 2022 #52

I would vote for her for president in a heartbeat! BComplex Mar 2022 #50

I'm hoping she runs for Senator when DiFi retires. ificandream Mar 2022 #45

Katie Porter is my hero. BComplex Mar 2022 #48

We want Medicare for all now, not 50 or so years from now! Emile Mar 2022 #49

who is dr. collins that katie was speaking to? nt orleans Mar 2022 #53

We have known these numbers for years! The Jungle 1 Mar 2022 #54

K&R i want her to be President some day. n/t ms liberty Mar 2022 #55